FOX News Sunday, August 30, 2026 - Internet Archive closed-caption transcript (FNC 11:00am-12:00pm PDT feed)

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rahm emanuel the former mayor of chicago potential 2028 contender calls for education reform. we talked to him about what is wrong with the nation's classrooms and what we need to do to fix them. with just weeks to the midterms, his thoughts on the ideological and generational tug-of-war inside the democrat party. then she oversaw the rollout of the no child left behind act. where the most sweeping federal education reforms in modern u.s. history. cooksey begins a new era, a new time in public education in our country would former education secretary margaret spellings joins us as we look back at lessons learned and where we go from here. plus,. >> or really want kids off their screens and having the opportunity to be kids again. from what l.a. schools are doing about the debate over limits on screen time for today's stu students. to how congress hopes to intervene and that name, image and likeness debates in the ncaa. then, we go deep into the
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heartland to logan, kansas. >> everything the elderly are doing everything these kids, they are learning from each other both ways a small community with big ideas about what we can all learn from each other. >> when ever i struggle with a type of word he just helps me. shannon: alright now or not "fox news sunday" special the state of education. at ♪ ♪. shannon: love from foxnews in washington. this hour an in-depth look at america's education system from kindergarten to college. but first a look at some of today's top stories threatening a weather in tough terrain are challenging and nonstop efforts by rescue workers trying to find any possible survivors of wednesday's devastating flash flood in nepal that buried in several communities in mud and debris for the death toll has climbed to more than 750 with the more than 3000 people still missing.
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and plymouth, massachusetts jurors are set to deliberations of that clancy murder trial tomorrow morning for the 36 jewels admits to killing her three children but her defense attorneys claim she was not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis. prosecutors say she knew the difference between right and wrong and methodically plan the killings. on saturday at michigan democratic senate candidate abdul el sayed apologized in front of the democratic jewish group for comments he made after an attack on a detroit area synagogue earlier this year. el sayed linked israeli strikes on the lebanon as a possible motive for the attack and now says that was a mistake. roughly 70% of the nation's public school students will be back in the classroom tomorrow. they are facing unique issues from debates over things like falling test scores and cell phones in the classroom to the best ways to help prepare them for challenges like the exploding growth of artificial intelligence. in a moment of them from chicago
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mayor rahm emanuel who dealt with many of these issues in america's third-largest city. first alex hogan is at the white house w where president trump is spending the weekend after hitting the midterm campaign trail in texas. >> good morning for it president trump is back at the white house after traveling to texas where he visited the johnson space center where he visited and met with astronauts and personnel spoke with astronauts on the phone aboard the space station. while he was there in the lone star state, president trump through his political weight behind republican senate nominee ken paxton who faces democrat james talarico trump backing republican governor greg abbott who seeks his fourth term he's running against democrat gina in the weeks leading up to the midterms republicans face heightened pressure over foreign policy decisions creating economic concerns here at home. the u.s./canada trade were threatening to hike up prices for american businesses. canada preparing retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of u.s. goods starting
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september for eight after president trump and the administration imposed a new 50% turf on roughly $20 billion with a canadian product six months into the worth around oil and gas prices remain elevated predict current national average of a gallon of gas is a $4.8 when a year ago it was $3.20 according to aaa. trump announcing that u.s. and venezuela reached a major oil agreement when he says we give the u.s. interest majority control and more than 65 billioa proven oil reserves. secretary of state marco rubio writing on part for the venezuelan people this yield will bring nearly $100 billion in private investment support thousands of high-paying jobs and drive reconstruction of venezuela economy trump is alsoo expected to meet oil refiners and fuel retailers in the u.s. in this upcoming week as he tries to continue to bring down those gas prices. shannon: art alex hogan reported
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for the white house. thank you very much. joining us at former chicago mayor obama white house chief of staff and ambassador to japan rahm emanuel. welcome to fox news saturday. >> thank you, shannon. i want to thank you for doing a special on education and really appreciate that. shannon: are glad you're joining us you been a big voice on this bridge of talked about the fact there's a lot of work to be done on the parties have both of failed students. you have said this on a culture war going on in schools but instead of talking all of the time about pronouns for kids we need to make sure they understand what pronouns are. how do we refocus the conversation? >> one is, and he said it before do not worry about one child or pronoun it is important to bring whword about the fact the other classmates do not know what a pronoun is an enough about bathroom access let's talk and focus about classroom excellence. democrats have lost the focus and republicans have the kids are showing failure for this pay 50% of our kids cannot read at grade level.
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this is a disaster. this to be unacceptable to read a report about this about any other country. now one, unlike 30 years ago we weren't sure what to do and president obama and president bush and president clinton groped her towards reforms that improved reading and math scores but mississippi miracle is mississippi marathon a month from now going to louisiana the only states whose math and reading scores are both up pre-covid. return the elementary years to the fundamentals on phonics, on a reading, the signs are written at the art of receipt that's the weights. the second thing is on part of what louisiana and mississippi both show. is that teacher training, concentrating a focus in the curriculum development stay disciplined. the second thing is on the high school years. at the elementary years are returning to the fundamentals, high school fundamental reform. couple things we did in chicago doctor janice jackson and i, one scripture high school diploma you must produce a letter of
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acceptance from a college, a community college, branch of the arm forwards or vocational school. every child will have a plan for the future. not just shannon yours and my kids but every child with got 90% compliance. second, m mature mature graduats to high school college credits under the belt. third, where the first if you got a b average we made community college free. that turn the high school years from a diploma focus to college and career preparation and focus. our graduation rate went from 54 or 56% to 84% when i walked out. so fundamental return to the fundamentals. fundamental reform. and we know what to do. the adults have to show up and show the will to give our kids a future they are worthy of. and it starts as a state all of the time, kids drop out of college and third grade but if you're not reading in third grade the highest course today in freshman year in college is remedial reading.
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that is pathetic. wake up. shannon: my mom was a teacher for 40 plus years in the classroom. we know those folks work really hard for their not giving it to get rich for them it really is a labor of love are educators out there. i know a lot of what you worked on in chicago you butted heads with the people like randi weingarten wer would not excitet some things you are proposing. what did you learn from those battles? which is the role of t a thesis union be today? >> on this a couple things on them. i made my own mistakes and i own them but i learned a lot through this process appeared at the end of the day when iran first, chicago have the shortest school day the shortest school year end then i said's of america. the shortest route we lengthened the day by an hour and 15 minutes but we made kindergarten ffull-day and universal throughout the city not just in some parts we made pre-k for the first time universal full day for every child. we added four years to the time of a child.
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the second thing is while you are right i believe not just i believe in accountability but throughout the system to the parents, to the teachers, to the principal. into the city as a whole in the school system. hold everybody accountable not just one person. this second rule on this that is very, very important as at the that thebasic premise you have w on is that 20% of a child's life is in the classroom. 80% out you want the 20% to succeed and invest in the 80%. we dramatically expand afterschool programs dramatically expanded our summer jobs program. we have the largest mentoring program in the united states of america. i would take it to first grade rather than starting in seventh grade. we had a teacher in every library for free tutoring across the city of chicago not just of my tone was struggling with math or with history, they had the ability to access both myself,
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myself every child got eight tuta tutoreveryone had a mentor. see the future for themselves and again believe in themselves. and hold ourselves accountable for the results and not be scared of results et cetera. i said to karen lewis the president of the teachers union on the first kind of effort i said karen 80% of her kids are in poverty. the shortest school dam trying to lengthen the day. give every child kindergarten. what are we fighting about this is crazy we have other battles to worry about and i want to be honest i made my mistakes, i own them. today you have a school system work democrats and walked away from accountability republicans are walking away from public school and her children are failing. 50% of our kids cannot read at grade level. mississippi has a roadmap have got to be discipline or member one thing.
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you're going to have a secretary at spelling on who did a great job. this is a marathon this going to be the ultramarathon preevent the consulate provides a plan but we know some basics about teacher training, curriculum, accountability, stay focused and make sure a child of her from going from third grade to fourth grade if they don't read. you're not helping a child spirit in chicago i can say this and across the country this exists. which is we have kids graduating high school h are missing 18% of the school year. come on. shannon: many, many problems out there and i know you say that is a scourge we've got to work on that. i do think it's refreshing. >> can i say one thing? there are three doors a child walks to that will determine their future the front door of the home, the front door of the school and the front door of the place of worship. if one of those three doors is closed a child's trajectory will
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be affected. let us make sure all three doors are aligned the value of an education, a good education and the moral development of a child if we do that every child will succeed in their future. shannon: folks can disagree will continue our conversation on education. also this and we come back we are going to talk about the democrats. their midterm philosophy for the chance of a growing rift between establishments and progressives. also pointed take a trip into rural america you're going to like the seniors and young students are coming together to forge a whole new way to think about learning. ♪ clicks to work on science projects question yes we did you member the plans it? >> yes. >> and the chickens? that reminds me of first grade chicks. >> yes it. ♪
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james carville said this is all going to implode at the general election. \[laughter\] as opposed to previous democratic candidacies that have been spectacular successes so far? you know hilary rodham clinton in 2016 and harrison 2024. i think these guys have failed so publicly and so spectacularly that it has caused people to seek out alternatives. shannon: streamer has on packers of the democrat party has failed americans he and other self-described socialists are offering a better way forward if only the establishment mainstream democrats would go with the program. we welcome back our guest
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ambassador rahm emanuel. aa burning sand is part of this group to he said quote people are sick and tired of the rahm emanuel they said the energy is not with the people of the past it is moving forward or socialism, your response? >> here is the thing i do not consider democrat socialist part of the democrat party cannot forward so that convention in chicago a separate party they believe in defining the police. letting prisoners out of prisons, opening the borders, eliminating the pentagon if you are so confit people want that, i'll see you in november. put on the ballot let's go run as a separate party for the democrat party is not open to be taken over for we have a progressive wing and pragmatic wing. we agree the system is rigged rs working-class middle-class families, agree with that. how will you fix that problem to make sure the american dream of owning a home, saving for retirement, saving their kids education and that your healthcare is not a nightmare but a piece of mine? how we get that? we'll have a good solid debate about that.
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and i am for that debate. i give the progressive some credit. they have been out there with ideas. some i agree, some i disagree with but the pragmatic wing which is one of the reasons i've been talking about education, banning anybody from public office and all the branches of government at the age of 75, you are done. banning social media for kids under 16 but what you have to do for energy infrastructure to make sure 21st century economy we owe a good solid intellectual debate. president clinton present obama led to the right way. to us and there's a minimum wage increase p policy have a gavel there is no way you're going to get there turning a blue district to midnight blue you've got to do it by flipping a reddit districts to blue winning red states and turning the blue. that is how it happens so examples out of this, senator nelson from nebraska it was a critical vote for passing a c8
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healthcare for people with pre-existing conditions that did not happen from blue states that happen because by the democratic senator and a red state. joe manchin was key to the ira under joe bided major energy policy it was a democrat of wet virginia you have to win areas. now simple, seven states 500,000 voters across oh seven states determined who was president and the last three presidential elections. you've got to win in areas that are not safe b blueberries about persuade independent voters to come and find alignment with the democrat party. i happen to think energized clear idea about the future as i said if i decide to run, i am not a peac peacetime i'm a warte general. i win elections and make policies happen like universal coverage like making sure our kids have a good education intake on the failures of the establishment whether that's in the government on the private sector. shannon: you said you got a
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resume does not need to be patted pretty do not need to go but you would do it if you think of the person or bring something to the table that you said would write america. somebody else said nearly the exact same words to me before he ran for president and it was donald trump. what's us take a look at the results for donald trump ends up with 150 million-dollar plane from qatar you end up with $4.50 gasoline for that's exactly what your report earlier said. a year ago gas was in that middle range about three and a quarter and now it's $4.50 for stupid war should never ever have thought. shannon: do you think there was a threat of a nuclear weapon from iran? the main chanting death to america and death to israel for 40 years do you think there's an existenial threat to our ally israel in the region and to us more broadly through them of their proxies? >> yes. one of the things that i know from eight years of walking in and out of the oval office, the move ends up in the oval office is better or worse. the decision was here is the
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example let's go before the decision to launch this war. iran's government had a massive division between them and the iranian society by their massive protest the largest protests in iranian history but not going to change the government from the skies but only from the street. we decide to intervene in a country that had lost the society that allow space with ththe government. number two, tehran had a major major water shortage and they were thinking of moving the capital. number three, the iranian government had to kill more iranians to stay in power. number four, before this effort both russia and china were on our side i sitting iran and in r ability for nuclear material. that remains quote unquote. \[inaudible\] how would i handle? because now we have gone from the nuclear material to the strait of hormuz. iran has realized because of the president's decision they do not need nuclear material they have
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nuclear option it is called strait of hormuz which is the president foolishly did. you have bad options which we never should've got engaged in this area. one is i talked about iran's strategy astrategy you should rt in syria they have what used to be route 66 from tehran to beirut for hezbollah's been cut off i would aggressively negotiate that process. shannon: using diplomacy is the way to end of it? what's is a piece of it a conscious threat you've already tried ward is not worked in the late neither topping the government, limiting the nuclear weapon or isolating iran further. second are both all of our allies in that region now find ways of routes which is what were doing between iraq and syria uae is operating, saudi arabia's doing that we've got stthat for bahrain and kuwait ae routes around strait of hormuz's iran can ever hold them of the world economy hostage ever again. isolating iran and giving them a choice as yogi bear is a
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sabertooth work of the road take it. they were at that fork and we intervened. mistakenly and foolishly for presidents rejected this plan to have military options. for decades presidents have been unable to solve the problem the intractable problem that is iran right look forward to hearing on the debate stays with all these ideas and more. keep us updated because i look forward to debating this as an american needs to build the future which is a good solid debate about the future rather than denying it. shannon: rahm emanuel could have used therapy at fox news senior political analyst juan b william and roger exact time director at ronald reagan institute. what do you make of his take on the state of the civil war inside the democrat party? they say they are done with him. the progressives are. >> no. so rahm emanuel is a longshot in terms of one and the democrat party nomination for 2028. shannon: to moderate? >> yes but he is a sure shot in
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terms of impacting the debate for just the reasons you heard from him this morning on education for example. what parents could not be alarmed at the truancy rate? i live in the district of columbia for the truancy rate here is 38% overall 58% in high school. and if you go nationally 23% of american kids are truant. 32% in high school. there's 50% not at reading level. you have got to talk about this and you have the teachers union there. to me teachers unions are strong supporters of democrats but if you look at a parent as your child there's a problem here at the schools we need strong reform. i think that is what he did he got in trouble in chicago closing schools but you've got to close schools that are not performing. proxies talked about going to places like mississippi and louisiana he said is willing to go to red states blue states wherever it is they are our idideasthat are actually doing
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something for kids. the polling shows at least some attrition who think they're better on education many polling shows that's shifted over into the republican column. cook two choices a best example of that with an opportunity for democratic governors to stand up and do what is best for students and take advantage of the tax credits of families can choose and make it cheaper for them to go to better performing schools zooming out on rahm emanuel for second we sagged with democratic socialists of america or outside the tent of the democrat party. shannon: i don't want to be. shannon: what world is he describing rahm emanuel's on the island i went centerleft democrats but the reality is that rahm emanuel's on fox news he's running the wall street journal he is not where the energy is the democrat party for him to suggest somehow these guys are the margins that is democrat socialist outside the camp is just a complete distortion we are all seeing play out in every midterm race of consequence.
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shannon: i want to hit up quickly a foreign policy issue. john ratcliffe cia director made it a secret visit to moscow this week to privately share his bleak assessment of the state of the russian war and to urge the russians to cut a deal before their military and economic situation gets worse. that's according to current and former officials roger when you make that visit questioning this a very significant visit. president trump did not send his envoy witkoff and kushner those guys usually go out there to cut a deal. this is a shot across about look at what john ratcliffe said in july and senator mccormick's events out of pennsylvania does not speak often publicly as you know pretty told the world he confirmed the people it speculated at least from intelligence community sources russians to go to the battlefield are killed within 20 or 30 minutes of arrival on the battlefield. over half a million russians have died in this battlefield his messages actually they do have some cards if you try to extend this conflict expand out
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to a nato ally could be the same or worse for you, don't do it. also journal editorial board also reporting the idea of this visit by doctor ratcliff do not attack a nato country. that is a very sa sad he had too and deliver that message that's a result of the perception apparently ratcliff has convinced american intelligence has convinced the russian sees america's week at this moment. therefore they are distracted and potentially unable to respond if the russians went after some of that nato countries. to me this is astounding but they cs is wasting money in iran for they see our weapons being completed by that effort and alienating so many of her allies. it is sad he had to tell them that. the wall street journal said the president, president trump could respond by increasing support to ukraine not withdrawing u.s. troops. >> i think it's a mystery. what ratcliff said in july was
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an inferior force like ukraine held off the russians u.s. is important here but europe really has the capability to hold them off. shannon: judgment thank you very much reggie cpanel prints you next week when we come back schools making it a priority to limit screen time. >> kids have been on their cell phones. it has basically taken over some of the classrooms. and in the hall. it has caused a lot of drama per there's been a lot of bullying that has gone on and harassment. shannon: was former education secretary margaret spellings whether tech is a net +-plus-minus-sign today schools as we continue our state of education and america's special. ♪ (vo) sail through the heart of historic cities
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fox news correspondent christina coleman has that story from los angeles. >> more than a decade after it laptops and tablets became commonplace in classrooms nationwide, l.a. area schools are pulling back too. >> how did you feel about using an ipad in school? >> it was kind of boring because like i prefer to read. >> l.a. unified school district the nation's second-largest public school system is implementing a new policy that includes some of the strict extreme time limits for students in the country. l.a. ust school board member introduce the proposal. >> i look forward to getting into school say not kids on ipads but kids outside with their hands literally in dirt. >> erin craig is a member of the parents group schools beyond screens which are p push for the restrictions. >> the more i looked into what was going on the more i realize this felt really haphazard and people just throwing like things that the kids. there is no real research in it
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or anything the new policy prohibits screen time for pre-k through first grade. cap that it 20 minutes daily for second through third grade but 30 minutes for fourth and fifth grade, six hours weekly for middle school and the higher limits for high school. most significantly and ends a policy of giving every child a take-home device. some feel the policy does not go far enough, school board members and parents worry about the impact on teachers in low income students. >> teachers may need to redesign lessons create paper alternatives. duplicate digital and analog assignments. >> are many as families and school issued devices digital learning tools are not just supplemental resources. they are essential resources. >> the policy takes all students into account. >> any family that needs a device the district will still provide one and access to internet for free. and both say they're hearing from people across the country looking to cut their kid screen
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time. shannon: christina coleman thank you so much from el avery joined me now to discuss the debate over tech in the classroom and other hot topics former education secretary margaret spellings now serves ceo and president of the bipartisan policy center. secretary, good happy with this welcome. >> think you're good to be here. shannon: also the check had interesting conversation of the neural scientists a couple of weeks ago. he is got this book and says more attack and the classroom is not helping. he spoke to the guardian this week he said the more time students spent on screens at school, the further their scores fell. and those on average those he is confused when six hours of a scored 66 points lower than their peers who did not use them at all is referring to this internatiointernational studentt of 15 -year-olds. what he think of the role of tech? that sounds what that feels like we need more research. one things were going to talk about in the federal role is how can we really fully understand the impact of technology on our kids, on their brains and on our own brains question we need a
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research agenda and there is data that undergirds that. you mentioned it. until we are just starting to understand the impacts of these technologies. shannon: a stop at the federal role you're part of rolling out no child left behind there is extensive testing and reporting for schools. so a couple of things and print what you say to those who say it taught teachers to teach to the chest versus other subjects. he also talks about the fact schools were not held as accountable as they could have been for failing on some of those measurements. >> i will just have the proof is in the pudding. during that time all the bush administration most of obama we are going in the right direction because we cared enough to find out as i like to say. we asked federal law one test per year in reading and math to subjects grade three through eight the one time in high school. local school districts, local control built out more assessment. but the truth of the matter is we have to find out how our kids are doing or wha we are just the ostrich approach of not caring,
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not resourcing not acting on failure. so the results are spoken for themselves really. >> of the holding schools and school districts more accountable and they do not meet those measurements? that's what parents need to do that's for school choice comes and prevents wh were charters, d prevents where changes are on teachers and teacher assignments comes in. you have to use that data and then on what are we going to do about it? but things are upside down in education where we have our best people doing the easiest work in our most inexperienced people doing the hardest most challenging work. and then were surprised by the results it does not make sense. shannon: we ask a lot of her educators and administrators it's a tough job and critical to next generation of our country coming through those classrooms. i want to ask about a i've written about this and making sure students are ready for what comes next in the workforce and beyond prilosec b with the class and first national review says this. students have always taken shortcuts come hello cliff notes if any of the members those has
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never been this easy a.i. tools will watch lectures for them, complete their take-home exams and craft their essays. note learning required and in response universities have abandoned century old honor codes faculty have returned to hand written essays and blue books and oral exams for talk about the role of a.i. the good and the bad. >> here's what we know for sure our students need to be in all of us need to be able to read competently. need to build to compute competently and have those foundational skills the basic skills, discernment, judgment, critical thinking, working with others. that is going to be true always and everywhere. and then we have to understand how can technology augment that? how can it support that? i think since we still have very rich research agenda that we need to make sure those tools are in the hands of competent adults who know how to use it. having this wild west approach with kids running around with technology sort of unfettered
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and unbridled probably not the smartest approach. let's get a research agenda and let's put those tools in the hands of adults who know how to use it. shannon: clearly what to ask about grades for there's a lot about grade inflation and now we have this report university of michigan college of literature science and the arts for first-year freshmen, the first semester are not going to give them grades. they will be assessed for their cap privately but the kids don't get grades a sense about helping them transition into college life which is a difficult thing. what you make of that? so i can personally i don't what measured gets done kind of gal that is the foundation of no child left behind there waiting to care enough to find out proof to chart our progress if you are trying to lose weight, if you are trying to get healthier, up your miles, whatever you're trying to do you have to understand where you are and where you're going. so i just think to a lot of people that does not make sense including me. shannon: will see how that pans out that that's an experiment. and why we need to research agenda. shannon: secretary spellings is
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great to catch up with the up and thank you for joining us for the special part up next congress is in the think of this debate about college sports and student athlete paydays up and we're going to tell you where things stand here in washington and debated as we continue our look at the state of education in america. >> congress needs to act. college sports right now is in crisis. it is chaos that is ripping college sports apart. ♪ ain't nothin' gonna break my stride ♪ ♪ nobody gonna slow me down... ♪ you don't stop for much, so don't let pneumococcal pneumonia break your stride. if you're 50 or older, you're at increased risk. be proactive with capvaxive— a vaccine specifically designed for adults to help protect against invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia caused by certain types of pneumococcal bacteria. why capvaxive? capvaxive is the only vaccine that helps protect against the strains that cause 82% of ipd in adults 50 or older compared with up to 54% by other pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. don't get capvaxive if you're allergic
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indianapolis. ♪ congress wants to save college sports from itself. >> we are in an arms race that is ultimate going to destroy college sports as we have known it. quick something's got to be done for the system right now is not working well but apart from the nfl no professional league in america makes more money than college sports. over the past five years what used to be known as amateur athletics has been completely upended. it has been pay for play. we moved away from development to focusing on money and not life skills appeared in 2021 supreme court ruling push the ncaa to allow athletes to earn money off the use of their name, image or likeness but what is known as an il last year a courf court-approved editor a settlement open the door to schools paying athletes dir directly. combined one industry tracker pursued current total in an il market for college athletes at an estimated four and half billion dollars. >> all this and athletes have had rights rights they never had
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before but certainly ncaa has tried to play a game of catch up. they were not ready for this vast change over the entire ecosystem. >> incidentally tried to pass rules and great guardrails are on an il deals, transfer rules and player eligibility th thanko the antitrust court rulings that had no power to enforce them that lead to a conflicting patchwork at the state laws all across the country. >> they need our help or they've asked for it and today we are giving it. democrat senator maria cantwell republican senator ted cruz who cowrote protect college sports active warrant without federal intervention the gap between the haves and have-nots in college athletics will continue until most schools are forced to drop olympic and women's sports programs altogether. >> virtually every athletic program in the country is losing millions and often tens of millions of dollars. it is unsustainable. some critics of the bill argue it is a mess federal overreach that would limit how much college athletes can earn an a free market. >> if this passes is an utter
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gift to the universities that's what it is it puts them above the law it cripples players economically but dissent is expected to vote on the protected college sports act next month it's notable in this divided congress this bill has bipartisan support along with the endorsements from every major conference nfl, nba but perhaps most importantly president trump. shannon: are garrett tenney thank you so much owning a subject but the very stakeholders in this an il debate clay travis host of the clay travis show and kristen waggoner president and ceo of the defending freedom let's get this off with those who do not love this piece of legislation but it's got a ton of support it is bipartisan in the nfl cio says this ncaa is a multibillion dollar business that would not exist without the labor of college athletes who generate that profit again and again ncaa's failed to protect and fight against its athlete workers while lobbying congress for legislation that granted
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antitrust exemption that undermines college athletes rights a in collective bargainig power including protect college sports act, clay? >> look, ncaa's no great friend of mine they think they've often been wrong they lost nine-zero at the supreme court part you know how hard it is you cover the supreme court for a long time to manage to get everybody aligned against you. which is how all of this started. having said all of that there are no rules at all right now love to give you an example of what's likely to be occurring. last night many of the college football teams kicked off week one is this we go up nfl players leaving training camp and going to play on college campuses. this is absolutely insane. what we need to have happen is an anti- trump exemption to put in basic parameters for what the rules are. in essence, every time ncaa comes out and says hey this is
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the rule were going to put in place, a player pursues often in a different jurisdiction than the ncaa would like usually the one where he wants to be eligible. often times they find favorable charges. those judges are issuing a hodgepodge's of rules that are not creating any uniformity at all. so at a bare minimum congress has the power to give an antitrust exemption that would allow basic rules to be put in place that is why i support this bill and think it's necessary even though again ncaa i think it's played itself into a corner where they are in an indefensible position and need to be bailed out for there to be basic rules to put in place for it right now her center stat for you there's a lot of football teams that are approaching college football teams $50 million in roster for their single ear deals i could talk about all day they have to basic rules put in place.
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shannon: it just a little bit wild west the last few years for this a number of concern of state ag's have written letters to senat senators are back at ud put it together they say is the senate debates this legislation it should amend the bill to make it clear at the bill does not preempt at 27 state laws that prohibit biological males are fm participating in women's sports a lot of those say this is not an issue it's a red hair you think there could be a simple tweak to the bill to address this question if there's a simple tweak at the matter of adding forward to the bill to again emphasize that 27 states had passed laws sink men are not eligible to participate in women's sports those laws are not preempted the power is not taken from the states to do that and given to the ncaa for all the reasons clay just mentioned for the factors persistent litigation. you cannot trust the courts we do not even have a wnba they can define what a woman as per our rights to not be subjected to at the courts think on this so we can have a simple fix in place. shannon: is not the number of
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centers back in this amendment. what is the level of resistance that tweak? i know all of the senators one to protect women sports. again it seems like an instance moreover may be putting men's basketball and football ahead of ensuring women have fair play. we can look at san jose state, brooke, riley gaines these losses are ongoing we can look at at the case we were just ablo win with the attorneys general. they were college athletes involved in those cases that lost two men in those cases. again the fix is simple it's easy we just seem to have the will and we do have the time to make it. shannon: played 10 seconds left your final thoughts on whether this gets across the finish line? >> i agree with the her on that amendment that is the right decision i do believe this will pass because that chaos is indefensible cannot continue. i think democrats or republicans
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both agree on that. we need a fix hopefully were going to get one. >> think you both very much for your time. >> thank you. when we returned my trip to the heartland of the country rural e america one small community is doing something very big. >> coming up that community in kansas during a unique experiment in education bridging across all kinds of generations. that story is next. stabbing or pins and needles in your hands and feet, sometimes stairs can bring worry. as a retired doctor, now that i am older myself, i take nervive. nervive nerve relief has ala to start reducing occasional nerve discomfort in 7 days. getting older happens, but living with occasional nerve discomfort doesn't have to. try nervive like i did — and get your freedom back. feel alive with nervive!
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shannon: one of the toughest places for education to take root is in rural areas where teachers can be scarce and populations are aging. but one community has found a way the turn those challenges into strengths. i traveled to the heart of the country to see an innovative program that's not just working, it's thriving.
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>\> where are they at in. >> right here in this picture. >> i need to go get a pen pencil. >> we need to work on whale. >> yeah, we will. shannon: it's just a typical day at the logan life center where the young and young at heart come together in one space. >> they help us study spelling, learn flash cards and just to have another adult in their life that is giving them encouragement that's not just the teacher, not just their parents has been amazing. and amazing for our elder friends too. shannon: it's all happening many logan, kansas, population over 400 people. the center began as a way to integrate several key community functions into one structure including a k-4 elementary school, a 36-bed senior living facility called the manor and a gymnasium, weight room and wellness center available for the entire town.
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it takes a community supporting this idea, the schools and the manor, and really getting behind something like this because it's so unique. >> that's one of the things that i fell in love with in logan, is the community. if every single place that i go, every single person i talk to, it's always about community. shannon: what do you think that the folks from the manor get from being with the kids and the kids get being -- from being with the folks from the manor? >> the folks from the manor, do they get a rejuvenation in their life, a sense of purpose and a connectedness that is deep within them. now, the young kids, it's like going over to grandma's house, just telling them about their day and, you know, this is what i'm going to do today. it's just a bonding. it's what humans are meant to do. >> it's a privilege that we get to have resident,s here in the school. shannon: do you all do
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activities together? >> yes. we've done a lot of activities with the manor people. we made pumpkin bread, we made butter. it's cool. we do spelling together. shannon: marie, what's it like to have them come visit and be part of your life. >> oh, i enjoy the kids. that's the highlight of my day. shannon: and you guys do a special thing on friday. >> high-five fridays. >> they line all the residents in a big circle, and then the lower age kids come by and we do the high-five and make the whole circle. shannon: presiding over the whole center is a special four-legged friend. >> buster. >> i love buster. he's a good dog. shannon: and buster visits you guys in the manor? >> he comes by, picks at the ground. >> buster's just so is cute and, like, soft. >> should we do see verna?
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\[laughter\] you're licking the floor. one of the main goals when we were looking at creating a new nursing home was i wanted this to be somewhere that we wanted -- people wanted to come to. somewhere they can age gracefully and be excited to move into, somewhere they can have purpose, and the kids give us that purpose. shannon: you can see a lot of care and thought goes into this place. >> we talk about all kinds of stuff. >> uh-huh. >> about your dog -- >> yeah. when my if dog lucy died -- >> yeah. >> i was actually pretty proud. >> yeah. shannon: what were those conversations like? that's a tough moment in life. >> uh-huh. >> it is. >> even i started -- i kind of had tears when my grandma died. >> yeah. shannon: you guys talk about that stuff. >> yeah. shannon: what would you say to other communities who are considering something like this. >> i truly believe it would benefit any community.
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so many times a community just forget about the elderly and all the experience they have and the stories and the gentleness that's in their soul, the history that they could pass on. and i think every community needs to bring them in and let them see that they are truly a part of our culture. this is a special place, and i think special things are going to happen, and i think god has brought us together for a reason. shannon: our huge thank you to everyone at the logan life center. it was such a treat to be there. the program has just entered its second year this week, so these are pictures from the first day of lass now. rural education -- classes now. rural education advocates hoping this will spark new ideas, new program programs across america. and just a quick note, "livin' the bream" jobs today. my conversation with drfd jared cooney horvath digs into the
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research behind his new book that shows more tech in the classrooms isn't helping students and could actually be hurting their ability to develop create sal thinking and human interaction -- critical. i learned a lot from that conversation. he's got a new book called "the digital delusion" that digs into that. liven the bream out today. and that is it for us this sunday. thank you for joining us. i'm shannon bream. have a great week, and we will see you next "fox news sunday. ". ♪ ♪ jon: millions of dollars in humanitarian aid headed to nepal as a desperate search continues after devastating floods there. good afternoon, i'm jon scott and this is "the fox report." ♪ ♪ jon: the united states is sending more than $3 million in relief aid t